Nuclear

Radioactive

No

Media

Description

Hard, brittle, silvery-white semimetal.

Uses

It is alloyed with other metals to increase their hardness. Also in the manufacture of a few special types of semiconductor devices. Also in plastics and chemicals. A few kinds of over-the-counter cold and flu remedies use antimony compounds.

Sources

Found in stibnite (Sb2S3) and in valentinite (Sb2O3).

Pronounciation (English)

AN-teh-MOH-ni

Translations

Afrikaans

Antimoon

Aragonese

Antimonio

العربية

انتيمون

Armãneashte

Antimonu

asturianu

Antimoniu

azərbaycan dili

Stibium

български

Антимон

বাংলা

অ্যান্টিমনি

brezhoneg

Antimoan

bosanski

Antimon

Byelorussian

Сурма

Cebuano

Antimonyo

čeština

Antimon

Chuvash

Сурьма

Cymraeg

Antimoni

dansk

Antimon

Deutsch

Antimon

Ελληνικά

Αντιμονιο

English

Antimony

esperanto

Antimono

español

Antimonio

eesti

Antimon

euskara

Antimonioa

فارسی

آنتیموان

suomi

Antimoni

føroyskt

Antimon

français

Antimoine

furlan

Antimoni

West-Frysk

Antimoon

Gaeilge

Antamón

Gàidhlig

Antamòn

galego

Antimonio

ગુજરાતી

ઍન્ટિમનીનો

Gaelg

Antimoan

Hakka Chinese

Thi (銻)

עברית

אנטימון

हिन्दी

एन्टिमोनी

hrvatski

Antimon

magyar

Antimon

հայերեն

Ծարիր

Indonesia

Antimon

íslenska

Antímon

italiano

Antimonio

日本語

アンチモン アンチモカ

ქართული

სტიიუმი

کٲشُر

Antimón

қазақ тілі

Сурьма

한국어

안티몬, 2안티모니

Kurdish

Stîbyûm

Komi

Сурьма

kernewek

Antymony

кыргызча

Сурьма

Latin

Stibium

Lëtzebuergesch

Antimon

Lombard

Antimòni

lingála

Antimoni

lietuvių

Stibis

latviešu

Antimons

Mari

Сурма

Maori

Antimony

македонски

Антимон

മലയാളം

ആന്റിമണി

монгол

Сурьма

Мокшан

Сурьма

Bahasa Melayu

Antimoni

Malti

Antimoni, ²Antimonju

Nahuatl

Antimonio

Nederlands

Antimoon

norsk

Antimon

Occitan

Antimòni

ирон

Сурьма

polski

Antymon

português

Antimónio

Runasimi

Antimunyu

română

Antimoniu, ²Stibiu

русский

Сурьма

slovenčina

Antimón

slovenščina

Antimon

Samoan

Antimonimi

Samogitian

Stėbis

shqip

Antimon

српски

Антимон

Southern Sotho

Antimoni

svenska

Antimon

Kiswahili

Stibi

தமிழ்

அந்திமன்

Tajik

Сурма

ไทย

พลวง

Türkçe

Antimon

ئۇيغۇرچە

سۈرمە

українська

Сурма

o‘zbek

Surma

Tiếng Việt

Antimon

Võro

Antimon

中文

銻

History

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Discovered By

Discovered At

Word Origin

From the Greek words "anti + monos" meaning "not alone" (the origin of the symbol Sb comes from the Latin word "stibium")